I tend to use UDFs for more then general purpose things email validation and the like. I will also use UDFs to simplify code. For example, I have a udf which does a date _and_ time format on a date object. This means that instead of doing:
#dateFormat(somedate)# #timeFormat(somedate)# I can do: #dateTimeFormat(someDate)# Ok - it's not that big a deal, but it does make life easier for me. Plus it makes it easier to update a site wide date and time mask. (Which you can do w/o a UDF of course, just use an application variable for the masks.) ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:58 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: overhead for large UDF libraries? > > > 10 - 20 on a typical site, damn, I've only ever used 2 :OP > > Ade > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 08 October 2002 13:45 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: overhead for large UDF libraries? > > > I've seen a CFMX box include 600 UDFS. The first hit was.... > um... icky. > The second hit was as if nothing at all was being included. That being > said... > > Yes, if you cfinclude ANYTHING, you slow the page down. > > However, what you want to know is if it will have a _significant_ > impact. > > In my opinion, under most circumstances, the answer is no. > > I would not cfinclude 600 UDFs of course, but on a typical site that > uses maybe 10-20 UDFs, I wouldn't think twice about it. > > ============================================================== > ========= > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gyrus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 7:55 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: overhead for large UDF libraries? > > > > > > I'm curious (again!). Just starting to use UDFs to any > > extent... what are > > the overheads (if any) involved in CFINCLUDEing one or more > > large libraries > > of UDFs? > > > > I've found various references, but I can't find something > > that hits the nail > > on the head. Here's a few things I think or am unclear about: > > > > - I guess it's wise to have cfm UDF library files, not to > > have each UDF in > > its own cfm file. > > > > - And I guess if this is so, they're best divided up by > > function, as per > > cflib.org. > > > > - But how large should a UDF library be? Is the developer's > > preference the > > limit (i.e. maintainence issues)? Or would it affect > > performance if you're > > including too big a file when you might not be using all of > > the functions in > > a request? Is this just one of the balances to work out? > > > > - Also, if you've got all your functions in a few libraries, > > should you just > > CFINCLUDE them all in Application.cfm? Again, is this affecting > > performance - a bit? Significantly? > > > > Am I getting confused with libraries of JS files, where you > > obviously don't > > want a user to download a massive JS file when they might > > only use a few > > functions in using a web site. As UDFs don't have any sort of > > life past the > > server, what does CFINCLUDE mean in this context? Is it just > > creating a > > reference to the file, so it knows where to find the > > functions, or does it > > have to parse/compile the file each request? > > > > Any light welcome! > > > > - Gyrus > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > work: http://www.tengai.co.uk > > play: http://www.norlonto.net > > - PGP key available > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > + > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
